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Is it OK to "steal" stuff that is very hard to obtain in legal ways? With all due respect, I'd suggest you're just being lazy and looking to justify something

by angusgr 16y ago

Is it OK to "steal" stuff that is very hard to obtain in legal ways? With all due respect, I'd suggest you're just being lazy and looking to justify something that you seem to know is ethically dubious. Book Depository has the book for $18US with free shipping to Lithuania http://www.bookdepository.com/book/9780446563048/Delivering-Happiness http://www.bookdepository.com/book/9780446563048/Delivering-... http://www.abebooks.com/ http://www.abebooks.com/ top two results both offer shipping to Lithuania, less than $25 total cost. As the other user pointed out, ebay sellers have the book with shipping to Lithuania, total cost ~$25US again. I can think of three worthwhile points here, though: * Outside the US, getting legitimate digital content is still much much harder and/or more expensive than getting pirated content. I live in Australia, so somewhere between US & Lithuania in convenience stakes, and we get the same "not available in your region" BS. I spent some time in NYC last year, and the ease & availability of digitally delivered content blew me away. Bring it on! * There _are_ countries where piracy is the only sensible option. You own a Kindle, so I'm assuming you can afford a $20US hardback book. I used to live in Indonesia, where my housemates earned ~$60USD a month. Although they didn't have their own computers (or Kindles), some of our neighbours had computers (P2-era in 2004) and every piece of software was pirated. I don't even know where they would go to buy legit copies if they wanted them. I think you can make a case for piracy in these circumstances. In fact, even Microsoft did - they gave the Indonesian government licenses for all of the Microsoft software on their computers, in exchange for them agreeing to pay for more licenses (at reduced rates) in the future. Thankfully, Linux is (or was) growing in popularity in Indonesia as an alternative free (and ethical) option. * Finally, I would say that this shows there exists a market for a site like http://booko.com.au/ http://booko.com.au/, targeted to ex-USSR countries. Hint hint. :)

mantas 16y ago
As I said in original post, price is not the problem. Although laziness and not so high ethics is :) Thanks for the links. Offtopic: we had the same situation in 90s. Getting better now, but most people still pirate software. Photoshop costs more than average monthly salary. Before taxes. Do I need to say more? :)
- angusgr 16y ago
  That's not quite what you wrote in the original post, you were trying to suggest that you had no legitimate option and piracy was "the only way to access information". Whereas the truth is simply that the legitimate options took more effort to find & execute than piracy did. Which is universally true, even often for those who live in the US (the gap is just narrower there.)

by angusgr 16y ago

mantas 16y ago

As I said in original post, price is not the problem. Although laziness and not so high ethics is :) Thanks for the links. Offtopic: we had the same situation in 90s. Getting better now, but most people still pirate software. Photoshop costs more than average monthly salary. Before taxes. Do I need to say more? :)

angusgr 16y ago
That's not quite what you wrote in the original post, you were trying to suggest that you had no legitimate option and piracy was "the only way to access information". Whereas the truth is simply that the legitimate options took more effort to find & execute than piracy did. Which is universally true, even often for those who live in the US (the gap is just narrower there.)